Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

24415 persons found

Glenn Quinn

b. 1970

Irish actor (1970–2002)

Glenn Shorrock

b. 1944

Australian singer (born 1944)

Glenn T. Seaborg

b. 1912

American chemist (1912–1999)

Glenn Turner

b. 1947

New Zealand cricketer

Glenys Kinnock

b. 1944

British peer and politician (1944–2023)

Gloria Allred

b. 1941

American attorney

Gloria Christian

b. 1934

Italian singer

Gloria Reuben

b. 1964

Canadian-American actress, singer, and producer

Gloria Schweigerdt

American baseball player

Gloria Stuart

b. 1910

American actress and painter (1910–2010)

Gloria Vanderbilt

American artist, author, actress, and designer (1924–2019)

Gnash (musician)

b. 1993

American musician and producer

Go Seigen

b. 1914

Chinese-Japanese Go player

Goar of Aquitaine

French priest and hermit (c. 585–649)

God Shammgod

b. 1976

American basketball player (born 1976)

Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon

b. 1636

Duke of Bouillon

Godelieve

Flemish saint (1052–1070)

Godfrey Carter

Australian politician (1830–1902)

Godfrey Evans

English cricketer

Godfrey Huggins

b. 1883

Rhodesian politician and physician

Godfrey Milton-Thompson

b. 1930

Royal Navy Surgeon Vice Admiral (1930-2012)

Godfrey van Rhenen

Godtfred Kirk Christiansen

b. 1920

Danish businessperson and second generation owner of The Lego Group

Goff Richards

Cornish brass band arranger and composer